Christine Galligan

MHA  ·  Boulder, CO  ·  443-797-9538  ·  galligancm@gmail.com

Researcher who builds.

Biology is a design constraint — not a feature request.
I work at the intersection of autonomic neuroscience, behavioral research, and near-future product design — where the body meets the system, designing the layer between the two.

Currently

What I'm building right now.

Somatag — Biosensing Wearable Platform
Patent-pending (10 claims). A pendant that reads HRV, learns your personal baseline, and intervenes before you consciously feel the overwhelm. Coleman Phase I pilot launching Q3 2026, CU Boulder ATLAS Institute.
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Kutuhala Studio — Active Consulting
Strategic research and design for health, AI, and emerging tech clients. GTM strategy, behavioral insight research, AI governance, foresight reports.
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Substack & Public Writing
Essays on AI governance, biosensing, and the design of health systems. Recent: The Doctor's Dilemma, Reimagined and Governance as Proof of Trust.

Career highlights

The work that leaves and keeps working.

Research

Programs of work, not one-off projects.

Active  ·  Startup / IRB
Somatag — Closed-Loop HRV Intervention Platform
Patent-pending biosensing wearable synthesizing 40+ peer-reviewed studies on HRV, affect, and closed-loop intervention design. Physiological state ontology built from first principles. Coleman Phase I pilot (10–20 caregivers) launching Q3 2026 at CU Boulder ATLAS Institute.
Published  ·  IRB Longitudinal
HRV & Caregiver Stress — Clemson University (2011–2015)
3.5-year IRB-approved longitudinal study with 50+ Alzheimer's family caregivers. Measured HRV coherence response to sensory and behavioral interventions using emWave2 biofeedback. Demonstrated measurable stress reduction from non-pharmacological cues. Program adopted by 7 community centers, serving 100+ families. Presented at Clemson Creative Inquiry Poster Forum (2014, 2015) and Alzheimer's Advocacy Conference.
Applied AI  ·  NSF iCorps
CGAdvocacy — GPT/RAG Health Policy Platform
Retrieval-augmented generation platform for healthcare policy analysis. Engineered retrieval architecture, prompt design, and evaluation workflows. 30% faster policy review vs. manual baseline. Built at Microsoft AI Hackathon. NSF iCorps West commercialization framework applied.
Evidence Synthesis
Foresight & Evidence Reports — Kutuhala Studio
6+ mixed-methods foresight and evidence synthesis reports for clients: GLP-1s, gut-brain axis, precision medicine, emotion tech, aging systems. Combining systematic literature review, expert interviews, and scenario planning.

Publications & Talks

Work that left the building.

Open to

What I'm looking for.

I'm exploring roles and fellowships where the work is genuinely zero-to-one — building things that don't exist yet, inside systems where the stakes are human. Research rigor, implementation experience, and over a decade working where research evidence has to become a product decision.

Principal Product Strategist
Digital therapeutics, innovation labs, medtech, healthtech
Director of Innovation
Health systems, payers, life sciences — zero-to-one bets
Design Strategy Lead
Research-to-product, HCD, behavioral science applied
Stanford Biodesign Fellowship
Clinical immersion, regulatory mentorship, cross-disciplinary team
Research Principal / Collaborator
MIT Media Lab, academic partnerships, IRB-governed R&D
Venture Studio Operator
Femtech, care tech, ambient intelligence — founder-adjacent